Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 9: At least six persons were killed in a house collapse on Wednesday in the Doti area of Nepal as a result of an earthquake with a value of 6.3 on the Richter scale. Parts of the Delhi-NCR region felt the tremors as well.
At least six deaths and five injuries were reported by Kalpana Shrestha, the chief district officer of Doti. On Wednesday, the earthquake occurred at roughly 1.57 am. According to the National Center for Seismology, Nepal served as the epicentre.
“At least six people were killed and five were injured and were being taken to the hospital. Dozens of houses have been damaged with landslides at various locations across the district,” the official was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Nepal | Visuals from Doti where buildings were reduced to debris in wake of the 3rd earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 (as per National Seismological Center,Nepal) that occurred late last night
2 other earthquakes with magnitudes 5.7 & 4.1 occurred there y'day
(Pic: Nepal Army) pic.twitter.com/qqlQ14LkLO
— ANI (@ANI) November 9, 2022
In the previous five hours, there had been three earthquakes in Nepal. According to data from the National Center for Seismology, Nepal had its first earthquake on Tuesday at 8:52 p.m. It then experienced a second earthquake of 3.5 magnitude at 9:41 p.m. At 1.57 am on Wednesday, the third earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck the nation; tremors were registered in Delhi.
Numerous regions of North India, including Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, also experienced powerful earthquakes. But so far, there have been no reports of casualties, injuries, or property damage.
